Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation (ISI) Announces Fellows for 2023-24

2023-07-11T11:57:37-07:00

Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation  is proud to announce its ISI Fellows for 2023-24. The ISI Fellows Program offers Fielding alums an academic partner to continue their professional work, apply for external funding, and publicize their projects. ISI Fellows have one-year appointments with renewal contingent on progress and future plans. “Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation (ISI) accepted 20 alums as Fellows for the 2023-2024 cycle,” said Charles McClintock, Ph.D., Director of the Institute for Social Innovation. “Their work spans a wide range of content, from leadership and mental health to diversity, equity, and inclusion. ISI Fellows continue to pursue their [...]

Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation (ISI) Announces Fellows for 2023-242023-07-11T11:57:37-07:00

CALL FOR PROPOSALS – International Leadership Association’s Women and Leadership

2023-04-26T11:05:13-07:00

CALL FOR PROPOSALS for an upcoming volume in the International Leadership Association’s Women and Leadership Transformative Women Leaders Book Series, Embodied Somatic Leadership for Peacebuilding and Protest: Women’s Counteroffensive to Violence and Injustice. Edited by Randal Joy Thompson and Lazarina Topuzova “Just as women’s bodies are targeted as weapons of war and social repression, so women use their bodies for peacebuilding and protest.” Randal Joy Thompson and Lazarina Topuzova are soliciting proposals for their upcoming book Embodied Somatic Leadership for Peacebuilding and Protest: Women’s Counteroffensive to Violence and Injustice. Please see below for a summary of the book and [...]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS – International Leadership Association’s Women and Leadership2023-04-26T11:05:13-07:00

Alums Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D., and Kristin Palmer, Ed.D., Receive Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award

2023-04-11T10:07:41-07:00

Alums Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D., and Kristin Palmer, Ed.D., Receive Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Two alums can now add the mantle of 2023 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award to their repertoires and work. Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D. (Media Psychology, ‘12) and Kristin Palmer, Ed.D. (Educational Leadership and Change, ‘16) will advance their work in their respective fields in 2023-2025. Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D. Dr. Fremlin’s project, “Enabling Women to Self-Advocate for Better Sexual Health Care,” gives special attention to women across diverse demographic groups and with healthcare access challenges. Dr. Fremlin’s award will support her research for Glyciome LLC and will [...]

Alums Jenny Fremlin, Ph.D., and Kristin Palmer, Ed.D., Receive Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award2023-04-11T10:07:41-07:00

Fielding University Press’ Driving Social Innovation: An Interview with the Co-Editors

2023-05-03T03:58:44-07:00

Fielding University Press’ Driving Social Innovation: An Interview with the Co-Editors Fielding University Press recently released Driving Social Innovation: How Unexpected Leadership is Transforming Society, a publication that weaves the subject of leadership in varying contexts and guides readers in managing social changes, precarity, and uncertainty in a changing and transforming world. Edited by Marie Sonnet, Ph.D., Theresa Southam, Ph.D., and Patrice Rosenthal, Ph.D., the book centers on how individuals and organizations can bring leadership and social innovation to our communities and organizations, when we live amid powerful forces beyond our control. This collection of chapters rewards the reader with [...]

Fielding University Press’ Driving Social Innovation: An Interview with the Co-Editors2023-05-03T03:58:44-07:00

Institute for Social Innovation Fellows Virtual Seminar

2023-03-27T10:44:43-07:00

Institute for Social Innovation ISI Fellows Virtual Seminar Friday, February 17, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. PST | 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. EST. About the Presenters Kerul Kassel, PhD (Human and Organizational Development 2011) First Nature Foundation – Exploring Self- and Shared-Leadership Skill Enhancement Kerul Kassel, PhD This work explores how a learning environment that partners with nature and animals can enhance self- and shared-leadership skills in a variety of audiences, including veterans, at-risk teens, and corporate leadership teams. The focus is on using communication, emotional intelligence, and [...]

Institute for Social Innovation Fellows Virtual Seminar2023-03-27T10:44:43-07:00

Patagonia Founder and Recipient of Fielding Social and Ecological Justice Award Yvon Chouinard Takes Stand for Environment

2022-10-07T12:42:24-07:00

Yvon Chouinard Yvon Chouinard is taking another stand for the environment. Recently, he forfeited ownership of Patagonia, a company he founded nearly 50 years ago, in favor of social and ecological justice. In a letter he pinned for Patagonia’s website, Chouinard outlines the thought processes behind his decision, eventually landing on a 100 percent transfer of the company’s voting stock into the Patagonia Purpose Trust. Holdfast Collective, a nonprofit that fights the environmental crisis and defends nature, will have control of the entirety of the non-voting stock. “If we have any hope of a thriving planet – much [...]

Patagonia Founder and Recipient of Fielding Social and Ecological Justice Award Yvon Chouinard Takes Stand for Environment2022-10-07T12:42:24-07:00

Alum Aiden Hirshfield, Ph.D., Receives the Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award

2022-06-13T14:22:40-07:00

Aiden Hirshfield, PhD Media Psychology Program alum Aiden Hirshfield, Ph.D.’19, is the 2022 recipient of the Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award. The Award will partially fund his project, Providing Critical Support for ASL Interpreters in the Mental Health Setting. The project goals are to support and offer additional educational opportunities to American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters who face considerable occupational stress and financial challenges. The project’s mission is to improve the vocational skills of interpreters. As part of the project, Dr. Hirshfield anticipates assessing how this training could affect ASL interpreters’ mental health and job functioning. The Award [...]

Alum Aiden Hirshfield, Ph.D., Receives the Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award2022-06-13T14:22:40-07:00

Peter Whitehouse, MD, PhD, Receives Creative Longevity and Wisdom Award

2022-01-27T19:30:37-08:00

Contributions to visionary leadership in positive aging recognized The 2021 Fielding Creative Longevity and Wisdom Outstanding Scholar-Practitioner Award is presented to Peter Whitehouse, MD, Ph.D., for his contributions to visionary leadership in positive aging. Peter Whitehouse, MD, Ph.D. Dr. Whitehouse’s accomplishments include the establishment of The Intergenerational School, a unique public multi-age community school co-founded with his wife, Catherine. His fields of endeavor include cognitive/brain health, integrated health care, intergenerational learning, interprofessional practice, deep bioethics, organizational aesthetics, narrative epistemology, transmedia performance arts, civilization transformation, and play. He leads the InterHub in the Presencing Institute (MIT) and was [...]

Peter Whitehouse, MD, PhD, Receives Creative Longevity and Wisdom Award2022-01-27T19:30:37-08:00

The National Diversity Collaborative Certificate Program at Fielding

2021-12-16T18:22:20-08:00

The National Diversity Collaborative, Inc. has launched the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEI&A) Certificate training in partnership with Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation (ISI). Dr. Bill White William White, EdD (2001), Fielding alum and CEO of the Collaborative, shared: “Building on Fielding’s scholar-practitioner model, the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Certificate Program connects scholarly knowledge with practical application to support working professionals in the advancement of their DEI&A skills. Through our partnership with Fielding’s Institute for Social Innovation, we expect to produce 5,000 quality diversity professionals nationwide in five years.” The Collaborative serves organizations and leaders by [...]

The National Diversity Collaborative Certificate Program at Fielding2021-12-16T18:22:20-08:00

Dr. Elizabeth Speck Named the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Co-Recipient

2023-04-20T15:16:21-07:00

Elizabeth Speck, PhD’11, and Myisha Driver, PhD’19, are co-recipients of the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Elizabeth Speck, PhD’11 Dr. Elizabeth Speck, PhD Human and Organizational Development 2011 Through Dr. Speck’s consulting company, MindOpen Learning Strategies, The Fair Chance Forward project was designed to work with organizations to help them hire individuals who have had employment challenges due to prior criminal records.  After considerable outreach, the project selected a direct service and advocacy nonprofit organization, Person Centered Care Services, serving people with developmental disabilities and their families, with a workforce of over 500 employees. Over the four trainings, [...]

Dr. Elizabeth Speck Named the 2021 Dianne Kipnes Social Innovation Award Co-Recipient2023-04-20T15:16:21-07:00

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